Unit IV: Tamil Nadu Economy and Social Issues in Tamil Nadu (20 Questions)
I)
Nature of Indian Economy Five year plan models an assessment Planning Commission and Niti Ayog.
Sources of revenue Reserve Bank of India Fiscal Policy and
(ii) Monetary Policy Finance Commission Resource sharing
between Union and State Governments - Goods and Services Tax.
(iii) Structure of Indian Economy and Employment Generation, Land Reforms and Agriculture Application of Science and Technology in Agriculture Industrial growth Rural Welfare Oriented Programmes - Social Problems Population, Education, Health, Employment, Poverty..
Tamil Nadu Economy - Features - State Budget: Major revenue and expenditure - State Income types - State’s Economic growth: Agriculture - Industry Service Sector;
Agriculture: Major crops - Food grains Cash crops Types of farming Organic farming Inorganic farming Contract farming Farmers Producers Organisation (FPO) Agricultural Marketing Issues of Marketing Online Marketing Agriculture Budgeting in Tamil Nadu Features;
Education: Illiteracy Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in schools and colleges Measure and recent data - Student welfare schemes Recent schemes for education Linkage between education and social development;
Poverty and Unemployment: Unemployment issues in Tamil Nadu - State Government poverty alleviation schemes and employment generation schemes;
Labour migration;
Population growth rate - Sex ratio - Density of population Causes for population growth Population control programmes Family planning and its achievements:
Child Labour issues;
Health: Vital Statistics Recent health schemes;
Women Empowerment: Domestic violence Dowry problems Sexual assault Laws and awareness programmes Women welfare schemes Self Help Groups;
Marginalised Groups: Problems Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes - Elderly People with disability Transgender Religious minorities State Government welfare programmes to marginalised groups; Current Affairs.